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Continental Drift Theory review

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1
Dinosaur remains represent What type of evidence that supports continental drift?
Fossil evidence
Evidence of climate change
Glacier evidence
Zoological evidence
2
Name the four evidences that support the continental drift theory.
Rock layers, water levels, striations, fossil evidence
Landforms and rock layers, fossils, glaciers, continental fit
Glaciers, erosion, landforms and rock layers, weather patterns
None of the above
3
Which of the scientist put forth the theory of continental drift?
Churchill
Wegener
Hess
Einstein
4
What is the force that moves a continent?
Radiation
Convection currents
Conveyor belts
Conduction
5
Which of these terms means scratches in rocks caused by glaciers?
Stratosphere
Stretch marks
Stripes
Striation
6
What was Pangaea?
a star
A theory of water displacement
A super continent
A rock layer
7
How does this picture of landforms and rock layers support the Continental DriftTheory?
The continents fit together like puzzle pieces
The landforms (mountains) and rock layers match up on each continent
The glaciers are on the same continents
This picture does not support continental drift theory (CDT)
8
Explain how this picture supports Continental Drift Theory.
The continents look alike with landforms that are the same.
This picture does not support continental drift theory
The oceans are both the same solidity
The fact that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces
9
Why was the continental drift theory disregarded by other scienctists?
There was a competing theory that was more reliable
There was no data that showed the continents ever moved
The scientist presenting the data was unreliable
The scientist didn't know "how" the continents moved